Predoctoral Directors Development Institute

The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine's (STFM) Education Committee and the Group on Predoctoral Education have developed an exciting new fellowship program for current and aspiring predoctoral directors. The Predoctoral Directors Development Institute (PDDI) is a comprehensive educational program designed to give you the skills you need to be successful in the role of predoctoral director. The format of the Institute will be based on the successful model used by the National Institute for Program Director Development.

The Institute will include two special day-long sessions:

  • Thursday, January 20, 2011 prior to the 2011 STFM Predoctoral Education Conference in Houston, Texas
  • Wednesday, April 27, 2011 prior to the 2011 STFM Annual Spring Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Institute fellows will also attend specific sessions that constitute a PDDI Track at each conference.

Institute Cost

Fellows must commit to attend both full-day special sessions and the PDDI educational sessions. Tuition for the fellowship is $2,095 (Non-members $2370) and includes conference registration fees for both the 2011 STFM Predoctoral Education Conference and the 2011 STFM Annual Spring Conference and the advisor/peer support during and between meetings.

Registration Information

The next PDDI will take place in 2011 prior to the Predoctoral Education Conference in Houston, Texas. You can expect to learn all aspects of the predoctoral director role, including these practical topics on how to

  • Direct a clerkship or preclinical course
  • Obtain and manage resources
  • Develop curricula and exams
  • Evaluate students
  • Deal with difficult students
  • Recruit preceptors
  • Write grants
  • Negotiate support from the chair/dean

Each fellow will form a relationship with an advisor and will complete a project geared toward his/her personal interests. A special outcome for participants will be the relationships you will develop, with both participants as well as teachers at the Institute. We hope that you will forge enduring relationships that support and guide you throughout your professional career.

PDDI Steering Committee:

Katie Margo, MD, Steering Committee Chair, University of Pennsylvania
Jeff Stearns, MD, STFM Education Committee Chair, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Alec Chessman, MD, Medical University of South Carolina
Paul Paulman, MD, University of Nebraska
Kent Sheets, PhD, University of Michigan
Alison Dobbie, MD, University of Texas
David Little, MD, University of Vermont

PDDI Fellows:

2009

Susan Cochella, MD
Deborah Jones, MD
Jason Moore, MD
Elizabeth Natal, MD
Vasil Nika, MD, MPH
Sarah Pritts, MD
Paul Schaefer, MD
Roberta Wattleworth, DO, MHA, MPH
Yaqin Xia, MD, MHPE

2008

Elizabeth Brown, MD, MPH
Maria Brown, DO
Nitin Budhwar, MD
Steven Crossman, MD
Stephen DeLapp, MD
Adam Dimitrov, MD
Greg Dobash, MD
Marguerite Duane, MD, MHA
W. Suzanne Eidson-Ton, MD, MS
Jocelyn Gravlee, MD
Suzanne Harrison, MD
Steven Heim, MD
Rahele Lameh, MD
Charmaine Martin, MD
Lisa Maxwell, MD
Katrina Miller, MD
Cathleen Morrow, MD
Jacob Prunuske, MD
Bal Reddy, MD
Ralph Samlowski, MD
Robin Schroeder, MD
Sarah Anne Schumann, MD
Tiffany Snyder, DO
Janice Spalding, MD

2007

Rachel Bramson, MD, MS
Jira Coumarbatch, MD
Peggy Cyr, MD
David Deci, MD
Kelly Everard, PhD
Rachel Franklin, MD
Claude Gauthier, MD
David Henderson, MD
Miriam Hoffman, MD
Karen Hulbert, MD
Patricia Jaimes-Huerta, MD
Vernon Johnson, MD
Harald Lausen, DO
Nichole LeBoyd, MD
Robert Mallin, MD
Jill S.M. Omori, MD
Evelyn Schwalenberg-Leip, DO
Stephen Scott, MD
Dan Sepdham, MD
Jim Shropshire, MD
Sharon Smaga, MD
John Turner, MD
Lori Weir, MD
Joshua Welch, MD